Oil-well control



April 8; 1930.

W. C. STOLLBERG OIL WELL CONTROL Filed April 14. 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet l April 1930. w. c. STOLLBERG 1,754,061

OIL WELL CONTROL Filed April 14, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Apr. 8, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WALTER G, STOLLBERG, OF QUINCY, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO H. M. SHEER COMPANY, OF QUINCY, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS OIL-WELL Application filed April 14.,

This invention relates to an improvement in oil well controls.

The object of the invention is to provide an automatic and thermostatic raising and low- L ering of an oil burner used for heating a brooder or similar device in which a thermo- Stat is used to automatically regulate the flow of oil to the burner by raising or lowering the latter to a point above or below the oil level 16 in the reservoir. Since the flame in the oil burner is directly responsive to the relation of the burner to the oil level in the reservoir or tank, it is necessary that means be provided for raising and lowering either the tank or the burner, and heretofore it has only been possible to do this by means of manually adjustable features. If the burner should be adjusted too low relative to the oil level, the oil will flood the burner and is liable to cause the burning of the brooder house. On the other hand, if the burner is adjusted too high, there is the possibility that it will not sufliciently heat the brooder.

To obviate these objections, this invention provides for supporting the burner directly upon the thermostat which is responsive to the condition of heat in the brooder, and if the temperature rises too high the thermostat will respond to elevate the burner, lowering the oil level therein in order to decrease the amount of flame, with a corresponding decrease in heat generated. The converse is also true that if the temperature falls too low, the support of the burner on the thermostat causes a lowering of the burner, which raises the oil level therein and increases the flame, which likewise increases the amount of heat produced.

Therefore there is an automatically regulated, constant and even temperature maintained within the brooder. This also responds to variations in atmospheric conditions as well as within the brooder itself, because the latter would be aifected by the former.

The thermostat is arranged immediately beneath the burner and, both, it and the reservoir is supported upon suitable rockers in order to secure and maintain a positive and even support for both of them. Suitable ad- CONTROL 1927. Serial N0. 183,807.

justing means are provided for regulating the relative heights of the reservoir as well as the burner and thermostat, and a screen and guard are arranged about and over the thermostat in order to keep the small chicks away from contact with it which might tend to interfere with its actuation.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a side elevation, partly tion, of the complete control system;

gig. 2 is a transverse section therethrough; an i Fig. 3 is a detail side elevation, partly in section, of a modified form of the invention. The numeral 1 indicates the main supply tank for supplying oil to the burner 2, through the connecting pipe 3 which communicates with the tank 1 at one end, through the pipe 4; and at its opposite end, with the burner 2 through the pipe 5 and suitable elbows 6 and 7. The elbow 6 is provided with flanges 8 on the opposite sides thereof, which are secured in sec upon an adjusting frame 9, as shown in Fig.-

1. The bottom of this frame 9 has an opening therein through which a screw 10 is threaded and provided with a head 11 for adjusting the same in the frame 9. The lower end of the screw 10 extends into a rocker 12, which supports the oil tank 1, and the latter is adjustable upon the rocker by means of the screw 10.

' As better shown in Fig. 2, the burner 2 is supported upon the pipe 5 and elbow 7, and said elbow is provided with laterally extending flanges 13 fixed upon a plate 14 formed on the upper end of a bolt 15, slidably mounted in an enlarged opening formed in the abutment 16 formed on a rocker frame 17. The rocker frame is supported upon a rocker 18, as shown in Fig. 1. An enlarged wafer thermostat 19 is provided with a stud 20 threaded into an orifice 21, formed in the lower portion of the rocker frame 17 substantially at the middle of the rocker 18, and the upper side of the thermostat 19 abuts against and supports the bolt 15. A nut 22 screws onto the end of the bolt 15 for adjusting its upward movement through the abutment 16. The vertical adjustment of the thermostat 19 is regulated by the stud 20.

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In this way, a manual adjustment for both the tank 1 and the burner 2 is provided in order to normally regulate the oil level in the burner, as corresponding with that in the tank, which is necessary in order to provide an even and smooth burning or flame at the burner:

As the oil level lowers in the tank to any appreciable degree, it is necessary to elevate the biirii'e'r and lower the tank Se to maintain the saline relative oil levels therein iii order to provide an even flame atall times within the brooder, because as the oil level in the tank lowers it likewise lowers in the burner andthere is a smaller flame produced with a ear-responding decrease ih tc'ifiperatiire in the breeder.

The thermostat is euteiiietieany elevates ie biirn'e'r in easel-dame with suc deeieaee iii dil levehiliorder to iiiaihtiiin a constant oil level in the burner at all times, regardless of the variations which may take place in the tank and;'in this way; a smooth and even flow of oil is obtained with a constant temperature in the breeder.

A seteen guard 23 is placed abeiit the thermostat l9 and rocker 18in order to keep the chicks away frorh contact with the thermostat thereby eliminating any interference with the smooth actuation of the regulating mechanism for the burner. A shield 24. is mounted upon the rocker frame 17 between the abutment 1 6 and thepl a te 14 on the bolt '15 in otde'r te cover the top of the guard 23.

7 It! the modified form showii in Fig. 3-, the thermostat is provided with suitable mechanism for attaching it directly to the usual supporting pipe for the burner 2 when the elbow 7 is horma'lly seated upon the fi'oor of the brooder house; 7

In this cbn'struction, the plate 14 is ornit-t'e'd and the bolt 15is extended and secured in an eye in one end-ofa'connecting arm 25 by means of a set sc'rew26, andthe opposite end of this connecting arm 25 receives and has secured therein the supporting pipe 5 for the burner 2 by means of a set screw 27. In this way the thermostat support for the burner may be applied thereto without changing the entire construction in use.

I claim 7 1c A noil controlofi the charixcter described including a burner, a bolt connected with and for supporting the burner, a thermostat "re- "biving the end bf the. belt for supporting the burner and bolt, and a rocker upon which said "thermostat is '1I1 Ol11' 1tedi 2-. An'oil'control of thecharact'er described including a rocker, a thermostat mounted upon said rocker, a rocker frame connected with the rocker, a bolt slidaibly mounted in the rocker frame ahd supported upon the thermostat, a burnerg'and means forconnect- I ing the bolt with the burner;

3. An oil controlf the character described including a burner, a thermostat arranged beneath the burner, supporting means for supporting the burner upon the thermostat, a screen arranged about said thermostat, and a shield connected with the supporting means and ei'rte'nding over the screen. A

4: Ah o'il contiol of the character described including a tank for feeding fluid, an adj ustable frame for supporting the tank, and a i-oekei til't'ably supporting the frame", and means (it-operating with the rocker to hold the frame and tank in proper positions.

5. An oil control of the character described including a tankfor feeding fluid, a rocker, a frame connected with the tank, and a screw adj-ristabl y extending through the lewer portion of the frame and engaging the rocker-for au'jiistably sup 'ierting the tank, and means ctidp'eiati'ng with the rocker to hold the flame and tank in prepei pee-inane 6-; An oil eontr'el of'the character described including a frame, a thermostat carried by said frame, a burner supported by said theirmostat, and supporting meant for the frame fo permitting of e tilting ttien thereef.

7-. All Oil tiOIl'trOl bf the character described including a frame moimted for tiltin movement, a thermostat carried said frame and mounted thereon, a burner, and means fer supporting said burner by said thermostat.

8. An oil eentrol of the character described including a tiltable frame, a therm stat mounted on said frame, means for adjusti the position of the thermostat relative to the frame, a' burner, and means for supportin said bnrhei by the the mostat.

9. An oil control of the character described including a frame supporting means for permitting of a tilting action (if the frame, a. thermostat mounted thereon, a tame, and a belt for supporting the burner by the thermostat.

10. An oil control of the character described incluiii'nga frame, a thermostat adjustably mon nted therein, a bolt having an and extending over the screen.

1 2; An bil control of the character cle- 's'ci' i'bed including a burner, a tank for feedin fuel thereto, a frame for supporting the tank, and a -reeker adjustably'sa porting the frame. I

13; An; oil control of the character described including a burneigxa tank for feeding feet thereto, a maker, a frame connected with the tank-and a screw adjustably extending through the lower portion of the frame .i 

